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New Dairy Law In Ohio Designed To Strangle "rBGH-free" Labeling
Monsanto failed to get the FDA to ban "rBGH-free" labeling nationally, and it's had mixed success at the state level. Now the company and its gang of ethics-free dairy farmers (those are the ones who use rBGH to increase profits, but want that truth kept out of the marketplace because it's unpopular with consumers) have scored a significant win in Ohio this week. Yesterday the state passed a law that forces extra, rBGH-friendly fine print on every milk label that promotes itself as "rBGH-free." The goal of the ruling: to require expensive label redesigns on competitors, and to crowd the label with unnecessary fine print in order to dilute the marketing power of the "rBGH-free" label. More » -
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Monsanto Is Trying To Ban Hormone Labeling At The State Level
Monsanto continues its attempts to hide the basic facts of food production from consumers, this time in Kansas. The Kansas Dairy Association, along with a suspicious "grassroots" dairy group that has the same public relations firm as Monsanto, has helped introduce a bill to the state Senate that would ban "growth hormone-free" milk labels. The bill's supporters argue that growth hormone can't be found in lab tests, and if a lab can't verify it, consumers don't need to be told about it. More » -
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"Artificial Hormone Free" Milk Labels Soon To Be Illegal In Pennsylvania
Consumer Reports says that "without warning or public discussion" 19 dairies in Pennsylvania were notified that their labels were "false or misleading and need to be changed." What did the labels say? More » -
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FTC To Monsanto: Dairies' Hormone-Free Milk Ads Not Misleading
The FTC rebuffed chemical giant Monsanto's request for action against dairies advertising their milk as being hormone-free, the Miami Herald reports.
Monsanto said it was concerned that the claims falsely create the impression that hormone-free milk is safer than hormone laced milk. The company makes recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST), which the FDA has approved since 1993 as safe for use in increasing cow's milk production. In 1997, a FoxNews investigative team cracked a story about Monsanto's conspiracy to push bovine growth hormone while ignoring the potential risks to consumers. They were then ceaselessly badgered by Monsanto lawyers and Fox corporate into changing their story, fired, and sued by their employer.
Monsanto said the dairies claims have created an artificial demand and driven up consumer prices for hormone-free milk.
FTC: Milk ads not misleading [Miami Herald]
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Monsanto Has Trouble Getting Out Of Bed In The Morning
After losing the first round of Worst Company In America, Monsanto suffered from low self-esteem and decreased motivation. More » -
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Fox News Reporters Fired For Being Too Tough on Monsanto Milk
In 1997, the investigative reporting duo of Steve Wilson and Jane Akre cracked a story about Monsanto's conspiracy to push bovine growth hormone while ignoring the potential risks to its "end users." Unfortunately, they worked for Fox News. The channel was extremely reticent, to say the least, to run the story after coming under pressure by Monsanto. More » -
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